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Psychologists' DSM5 Petition Catching like Wildfire

By Karen Franklin, Ph.D. on October 27, 2011 in Witness

An online petition by psychologists concerned about the lack of science underlying proposed changes in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) is taking off like wildfire, with more than 1,100 signatures as of this morning. Read More

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Karen Franklin, Ph.D., is a forensic psychologist in Northern California.

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